The Human Joint in Health and Disease / / ed. by William H. Simon.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Package Archive 1898-1999
• MitwirkendeR: Black, Jonathan,; Chung, Stanley Μ. Κ.,; Fürst, Laura,; Harty, Michael,; Hayes, Wilson C.,; Howell, David S.,; Joyce, John J.,; Lane, Joseph M.,; Lotke, Paul A.,; Malemud, Charles J.,; Mankin, Henry J.,; McCutchen, C. W.,; Parsons, John R.,; Radin, Eric L.,; Rosenberg, Lawrence,; Sapolsky, Asher I.,; Schumacher, H. Ralph,; Simon, William H.,; Sokoloff, Leon,; Steinberg, Marvin E.,; Weiss, Charles,; Woessner, J. Frederick,
• HerausgeberIn: Simon, William H.,
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2016]; ©1978
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Edition: Reprint 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Anniversary Collection
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (192 p.)

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Ann...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Introduction
• SECTION I. Human Joints in Health
• 1. Anatomy and Development of Joints
• 2. Light and Electron Microscopic Studies of Normal Articular Cartilage
• 3. The Scanning Electron Microscopy of Articular Cartilage
• 4. Structure of Cartilage Proteoglycans
• 5. Articular Cartilage Collagen in Health and Disease
• 6. The Water of Articular Cartilage
• 7. Cell Culture in the Study of Mammalian Chondrocyte Metabolism
• 8. The Metabolism of Articular Cartilage
• 9. Mechanical Properties and Wear of Articular Cartilage
• 10. Diffusion in Cartilage
• 11. Cartilage Lubrication
• SECTION II. Human Joints in Disease
• 12. Osteoarthritis
• 13. Light and Electron Microscopic Studies of Osteoarthritic Articular Cartilage
• 14. Experimental Degenerative Joint Disease: Freezing of Rabbit Articular Cartilage In Vivo
• 15. Enzymes in Degenerative Joint Disease and Antienzyme Therapy
• 16. The Role of Arthroscopy in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Joint Disorders
• 17. Abnormal Joint Biomechanics in Osteoarthritis
• 18. The Case for Biologie Healing in Osteoarthrosis: Total Joint Replacement is Not for Everyone
• 19. Experimental Rheumatoid Arthritis
• 20. Gout, Pseudogout, and Ochronosis
• 21. Joint Sepsis
• 22. The Response of Cartilage to Artificial Articular Surfaces
• 23. Prosthetic Replacement Surgery
• Contributors